Air biocontamination in a variety of agricultural industry environments in Egypt: A pilot study

Aerobiologia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-232

  Awad, Abdel Hameed A ^a   Elmorsy, Tarek H ^b   Tarwater, Patrick M ^c   Green, Christopher F ^d   Gibbs, Shawn G ^e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR DRUG CONTROL AND RESEARCH NODCAR   (Egypt)

^c Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture industry; Air; Bacteria; Fungi; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KLEBSIELLA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PENICILLIUM; PILOT STUDY; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; PENICILLIUM; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 77955664051     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-010-9158-y     Document Type: Article

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